freenovelworld Chapter 107 Mr. Gu has a hickey on his neck
Chapter 107 Mr. Gu has a hickey on his neck
"but..."
Li Xi looked thoughtful and said, "Why would Attorney Jin take over my case?"
Jin Chouming, a top lawyer in the Twelve Cities of Nanzhou, is the leader of the Cangzhou Consortium's legal team. He generally only takes on large-scale economic crime cases and serious criminal cases.
He's not an ordinary person; you can't get him to come.
Li Xi didn't think he was anything special, that he could get that powerful figure to represent him in court.
Gu Zhen said, "You are Gu Huaizhou's savior. I told Mr. Gu about this. When Mr. Gu heard about what happened tonight, he contacted Attorney Jin."
Li Xi suddenly realized, "So that's how it is!"
But her expression turned sorrowful in an instant.
"Actually, I'm not sure whether it was me or Xie Jiaoyue who saved Gu Huaizhou, but Jiang Qingkong was indeed pushed down the stairs by Xie Xingyun because she overheard this secret."
Thinking of something, Li Xi looked up and asked Gu Zhen, "You're a member of the Gu family, and you know Gu Huaizhou. As the one who was rescued, doesn't Gu Huaizhou know who saved him?"
Before Gu Zhen could explain, Li Xi continued her analysis: "However, I happened to witness Gu Huaizhou saying those words when he rejected Xie Jiaoyue at the Gu family last time."
"Judging from their conversation, Gu Huaizhou doesn't seem to know that Xie Jiaoyue isn't actually his savior."
This is very strange.
Gu Zhen explained to her, "Because when Gu Huaizhou was found, he was already on the verge of death, and his mind was already scattered."
"Actually, he didn't even know what the person who saved him looked like."
"but..."
"But what?" Li Xi asked, extremely curious.
Gu Zhen said, "Gu Huaizhou has been having the same dream for the past few years. In the dream, a delicate hand pulls him out of the darkness."
"In the moonlight, he saw two small moles on the middle finger of that hand, one black and one red, unforgettable."
Hey!
Li Xi subconsciously raised his left hand.
She stared at the two moles on her middle finger and said with certainty, "It's me!"
Everything makes sense now.
"But Xie Jiaoyue doesn't have a mole on her finger, so why didn't he expose the Xie family's lie?"
"Because Gu Huaizhou's memory of that kidnapping case was also confused. He was not sure whether the hands in his dream were his imagination and illusion, or whether he had actually seen them."
"Moreover, everyone around him told him that Xie Jiaoyue was the one who saved him, even Grandpa Gu said so."
"So he believed it."
“...No wonder.” After understanding the whole story, Li Xi did not blame Gu Huaizhou and the Gu family for their carelessness, but said with some sadness, “Gu Huaizhou is really too pitiful.”
I heard from someone that...
Li Xi leaned close to Gu Zhen and whispered, "I heard that in that kidnapping case, Gu Huaizhou's entire family of four was wiped out, leaving only him alive."
"And the deaths of his parents and brother were very tragic..."
After a moment of silence, Li Xi said with some fear, "It is said that when his parents' bodies were found, their flesh and bones had been removed."
"His older brother was even dissolved by the chemicals..."
"is that true?"
The man next to her gradually stiffened.
After a long pause, Gu Zhen finally said, "...Hmm."
Li Xi's heart clenched. "That's too horrific. Why would that terrifying killer do such a thing? How shameful must it be?"
“Gu Huaizhou was only 15 years old at the time. He was also kidnapped. Didn’t he just watch helplessly as his parents and brothers were murdered?”
Gu Zhen remained silent.
Knowing that Gu Zhen and Gu Huaizhou had a close relationship, and that talking about these things must be upsetting for them, Li Xi quickly changed the subject: "It's almost dawn, let's have breakfast before we go back."
"Row."
Li Xi led Gu Zhen to a small alley where there was a Sichuan-Chongqing family-run spicy wonton shop.
Eating this so early in the morning is a bit too much for their stomachs, but since they hadn't slept all night, they felt warm all over after eating a bowl of spicy wontons.
Back at the apartment, Gu Zhen suddenly told Li Xi, "I have to go on a business trip for a few days. I'll have to trouble you with Patrick Star during these days."
"Another business trip?" He just finished his business trip yesterday afternoon, why is he going on another one?
"I've been quite busy lately," Gu Zhen said.
Considering that Gu Zhen is also a member of the Gu family and has to help Gu Huaizhou manage his businesses, it's normal that he's busy.
Li Xi agreed, "I'll take care of Patrick Star for you. Remember to video call me when you have time, and I'll let you have Patrick Star."
"it is good."
Having confessed everything, Li Xi's heart raced faster and faster as Gu Zhen remained standing at the door. "...Why aren't you leaving yet?"
Gu Zhen looked at her with a direct and passionate gaze.
He said, "Can I have a good morning kiss?"
"Just kiss if you want to. What couple in love asks before kissing?"
Gu Zhen directly pinched Li Xi's chin and lowered his head to silence her chattering little mouth.
Both of them had eaten spicy wontons.
To be honest, the kiss wasn't pleasant.
But why would a couple in the throes of a passionate, ambiguous relationship care about such things?
Gu Zhen kissed Li Xi until she was almost completely weak.
He cradled the back of Li Xi's head, gently bit the tip of her nose, and coaxed her, "Open the door."
Li Xi hesitated for a moment, then reached out and unlocked the door.
Gu Zhen opened the door and pushed Li Xi into the room.
Li Xi staggered, and Gu Zhen had to carry her into the house.
Gu Zhen pressed her down in the entrance hallway, then lifted her up and placed her on the entrance hallway cabinet, before putting her on the soft sofa.
Li Xi's down jacket had already been opened, and her dress had been lifted up to her ankles.
The man's cool right hand traced her lower back, moving upwards along her thermal underwear...
Taking advantage of his long arms, Gu Zhen easily wrapped Li Xi's waist in his arms, his long fingers pointing upwards, completely covering her...
Li Xi gasped softly, burying her face in Gu Zhen's neck as if startled.
Gu Zhen then kissed her earlobe even more gently and tenderly...
Li Xi was so nervous that her toes were taut.
Just as things were about to escalate to the point of no return, Li Xi hesitated whether to call a halt, when Gu Zhen suddenly released her.
He stopped, carefully straightened Li Xi's clothes, picked her up and held her in his arms, and sat on the sofa to help her catch her breath.
Li Xi was so ashamed that she couldn't face anyone.
Gu Zhen's breathing was also somewhat disordered.
"Puch!"
Li Xi suddenly laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" Gu Zhen chuckled softly as well.
Li Xi said, "Flirting is more troublesome in winter than in summer. If it were summer, given how far we've been going, we might not be able to stop."
"Winter is different. You have to take off my down jacket first, then my dress, then my thermal underwear, then my thermal leggings..."
Hearing this joke, Gu Zhen chuckled quietly, "Last night when I saw you wearing so many layers of clothes, I thought of this joke."
"Professor Gu also likes to play on his phone?"
"...Am I some kind of old-fashioned relic in your eyes?"
Li Xi smiled again.
The atmosphere finally returned to normal. Gu Zhen looked down at Li Xi for a few moments before saying, "When I get back, I have a secret to tell you."
"Hmm? Can't we say now?"
"Wait a minute," Gu Zhen said. "I'm not ready yet."
Could it be that Professor Gu is infertile?
Does the patient have azoospermia?
Seeing that Li Xi's gaze was becoming increasingly strange, and that he seemed to be eyeing his brother, Gu Zhen felt somewhat embarrassed and annoyed. "It's not what you're thinking."
"Do you know what I'm thinking?" Li Xi deliberately acted like a rogue.
Gu Zhen didn't expose her. He put Li Xi aside, stood up and straightened his clothes before saying, "I'm leaving."
"wait me back."
"it is good."
*
Dongzhou City, an endless island.
This is a private island, where Gu Huaizhou lives and works.
As evening fell, a helicopter circled over the island and landed.
The plane came to a stop, the cabin door opened, and a mixed-race little girl wearing a down jacket and princess dress was the first to step out.
A female bodyguard bent down and picked her up, then turned to the people inside the cabin and said, "Mr. Ying, I'll take Ying Li down first."
"Trouble."
The bodyguard carried Ying Li off the helicopter, and only then did Ying Chengfeng pick up his bag and get off the plane.
"Mr. Ying." Chu Xu, the chief security officer on the island, stepped forward and took the briefcase from Ying Chengfeng, saying politely, "The car is ready, Mr. Ying, please get in."
Ying Li and her female bodyguard boarded a rabbit-shaped sightseeing vehicle. The bodyguard, Chu Ying, told Ying Chengfeng, "Mr. Ying, I'm taking Ying Li to go beachcombing. Don't worry."
"Thanks for your hard work."
After watching Ying Li and Chu Ying leave, Ying Chengfeng got into a black and gray environmentally friendly electric car.
"Why did Mr. Gu suddenly fall ill?"
The last time Ying Chengfeng was invited to the island to treat Gu Huaizhou was three years ago.
For the past three years, Gu Huaizhou's condition has remained stable.
Ying Chengfeng was somewhat surprised to be suddenly summoned to Wuyai Island to examine Gu Huaizhou.
Chu Xu had nothing to hide from Gu Huaizhou's most trusted doctor. He said, "To be honest, the boss is a little different this time."
"It doesn't seem like a relapse of an illness, but something is just strange."
After a pause, Chu Xu said in a strange tone, "The boss has a hickey on his neck."
Ying Chengfeng, having just learned something big, smiled slightly. "Looks like you're going to have a boss lady."
Chu Xu found it quite unbelievable.
He said, "Could it be that the boss and Miss Xie are about to get married?"
“Miss Xie?” Ying Chengfeng shook his head and said, “She is a young lady, but her surname is not Xie.”
Chu Xu's eyes widened in surprise.
The person who left the hickey on the boss wasn't Miss Xie?
Who is that person?
*
The car drove all the way to the highest point of the island.
There is a glass castle in the sea, like a bright pearl set on Wuyan Island.
Someone once flew a helicopter to take pictures of the castle from a distance, but Chu Xu and his men quickly spotted it and shot it to pieces.
However, the helicopter enthusiast still posted a short video of it online.
The short video, which lasted only five seconds, garnered over 600,000 likes and 70,000 comments.
As a result, many people know that there is a glass castle on Wuyian Island.
Netizens are speculating about the identity of the castle's owner.
The upper echelons of Dongzhou City all know whose territory Wuyai Island is.
Wuya Island is the island with the longest sunshine hours and the best view in Dongzhou City.
Because Gu Huaizhou was afraid of the dark and loved the sunlight, Old Master Gu spent a fortune to buy this island and built this glass castle on it.
All the glass is 5 centimeters thick bulletproof glass, which is harder than the wall.
Led by Chu Xu, Ying Chengfeng arrived at the backyard on the first floor of the castle, where there was a swimming pool.
A tall, slender man wearing a black bathrobe stood barefoot in the cobblestone lounge area beside the pool.
Her slightly long black hair was wet with water, and the water droplets at the ends of her hair reflected the colors of the sunlight.
Cold water slid down his hair and into his back, soaking most of his bathrobe.
"Dr. Ying."
Hearing footsteps, the man did not turn around.
He picked up his wine glass and took a sip of the red liquid.
Ying Chengfeng leaned closer, saw the wine in his hand, frowned and asked, "When did you develop a drinking problem?"
The man suddenly turned his head to look at Ying Chengfeng.
Unlike Ying Chengfeng's refined and elegant Jiangnan appearance, Gu Huaizhou has a three-dimensional facial structure, deep brow bones, and a high nose bridge.
When those light-black eyes gaze calmly at someone, it's easy to feel a chill run down your spine.
When he doesn't speak, he's like a painting from another dimension, like a lifeless stone sculpture.
Gu Huaizhou suddenly handed the wine glass to Ying Chengfeng. He raised his eyebrows slightly, and the small black mole between his left eye and brow bone twitched.
Instantly, Gu Huaizhou came back to life.
"Smell it."
Ying Chengfeng's gaze shifted from Gu Huaizhou's face to the red liquid in his wine glass.
He lowered his head to sniff, then shook his head and chuckled, "It's pomegranate juice."
"Ah."
"Chu Xu, make Dr. Ying a glass of juice."
Ying Chengfeng waved his hand in refusal, saying, "I don't like drinking juice."
"Dr. Ying is still so boring."
Ying Chengfeng stared at the conspicuous red hickey below Gu Huaizhou's right ear and laughed, "Mr. Gu is much more interesting than before."
"Having a girlfriend really makes a difference."
Gu Huaizhou handed the juice to Chu Xu, who subconsciously turned the black ring on his right middle finger.
Gazing at the fiery sunset over the sea and sky in front of the cliffs, Gu Huaizhou suddenly said, "Dr. Ying, I've found her."
"Who?" Ying Chengfeng asked, somewhat bewildered.
Gu Huaizhou activated the mechanism of the black ring, revealing a sharp blade with a faint red bloodstain on it.
Gu Huaizhou revealed a gentle smile that sent chills down one's spine. He said, "I have found the owner of those hands in my dream."
Ying Chengfeng remained silent.
He stared at the bloodstain on Gu Huaizhou's bracelet and asked uncertainly, "Is it... that Miss Li Xi?"
"Ah."
"You've seen her, in the emergency room."
Ying Chengfeng said, "In fact, I saw her at the mall a few days ago. She was having dinner with her friends."
"Thanks to her, I was able to find Ying Li, who had gotten separated from me."
“She is a very kind-hearted person,” Gu Huaizhou said. “I like her very much, and I want to marry her.”
Ying Chengfeng's expression was somewhat strange.
He asked Gu Huaizhou, "Do you want to marry her because you think she's the person of your dreams, or do you really like her as a person?"
"Dr. Ying, don't ask me vague questions." Gu Huaizhou avoided Ying Chengfeng's question and said, "I'm not in a good mood today."
"I haven't felt uncomfortable for many years."
Gu Huaizhou recounted his suffering with a blank expression, saying, "As long as I close my eyes, I can see the tragic deaths of my parents, and I can see my brother begging for mercy, yet still being killed and destroyed by that demon."
"Dr. Ying."
"I am sick."
Gu Huaizhou walked to the recliner and lay down. He said, "Get me healed as soon as possible. I need to go back and be with my girlfriend."
Ying Chengfeng had never seen a patient as cooperative with treatment as Gu Huaizhou.
I've known Gu Huaizhou for 12 years.
When we first met, he was a frail boy who was seriously ill and couldn't distinguish between reality and illusion.
But the boy's growth rate and self-healing ability were truly astonishing to him.
Even today, Ying Chengfeng is still unsure whether Gu Huaizhou's mental illness has been cured or if he has simply pretended to be cured.
Gu Huaizhou was the only patient Ying Chengfeng couldn't understand.
Chu Xu moved a stool over and placed it next to the recliner. Ying Chengfeng sat down and asked Gu Huaizhou, "So tell me, as Gu Zhen, what's it like living in the bustling city?"
"Gu Zhen..."
Gu Huaizhou's fingertips twitched slightly, and after a moment he said, "Gu Zhen is becoming more and more like a normal person, and he smiles more and more often."
Just as Ying Chengfeng was about to think this was a good omen, he heard Gu Huaizhou say, "But when I think about Gu Zhen kissing Li Xi, having breakfast with her, and going on dates with her, I feel very sad."
"I felt even more upset."
uncomfortable.
This was the second time Gu Huaizhou had mentioned this word in just a few minutes.
He has been suffering from emotional disorders for many years.
But now, he will feel bad.
He even felt jealous of Gu Zhen.
The character Gu Zhen, played and passionately portrayed by him.
Ying Chengfeng looked at Gu Huaizhou seriously and said, "Mr. Gu, your condition has indeed worsened."
“I know.” Gu Huaizhou opened his eyes and looked at Ying Chengfeng calmly. He said frankly, “I know I am sick, so I asked Dr. Ying to treat me.”
"Dr. Ying."
"Don't let me down."